Dublin Doors

Dublin's somewhat famous for it's Georgian townhouses, and their multi-coloured doors. There are a few different stories as to why the doors have been painted in all the colours in the rainbow ...

My dad would have you believe the people of Dublin were told to paint their doors all the same colour in preparation for a royal visit. In a show of defiance, all the colours of the rainbow were used instead.

Another story I've heard is that the colour of the doors, and the surrounds helped drunk home-owners find their way home after a hard night on the sauce ... before houses had numbers. ;) So instead of remembering that your house was number 14, you'd remember that you're looking for a bright red door with a triangular top. ;)

Oooh ... this one got to Explore! Best position: 315 on November 10, 2006.

This was entered into a competition for work. It didn't win, but it did get into the top 12. ;)

I had this in mind when I went to Dublin ... a friend from back home has a big poster that I wanted to make my own version of. So, I was out to get pics of the doors when we were wondering around. When I took the shot with the people in it, I wasn't sure if I was actually going to use it. I'm now really glad I did. :)

Mister Rad, love the picture of the Dublin doors. I was there and tried to get a picture of the doors however I was on a bus at the time and the bus window only went part-way down so my pic. did not turn out well. Also it was raining at the time too.II have just built a home and painted the door a Dublin blue and would love to hang a picture of the "Dublin doors" picture in the entry way. Would you please consider sending/selling me a 4x6 picture of your photog of the Dublin doors??